Judges 15:10:4Judg.15.10.W4TAB
לָמָ֖ה
lama
“why”
- Transliteration
- la-MA
- Extended
- laa-MAA
- IPA
- /laːˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- why
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
la-MA
- clause
va-yo-me-RU ISH ye-hu-DA la-MA a-li-TEM a-LEI-nu
- sentence
va-yo-me-RU ISH ye-hu-DA la-MA a-li-TEM a-LEI-nu va-yo-me-RU le-e-SOR et-shim-sHON a-LI-nu la-a-SOT LO ka-a-SHER a-SA LA-nu
Exegesis
The interrogative lamah {לָמָה | lāmāh} introduces the question.
In context — Judges 15:10
And the men of Judah said, "Why have you come up against us?" They said, "We have come to bind Samson and to do to him just as he did to us."
About this coordinate
Judges 15:10:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Judges 15:10, so the Hebrew word לָמָ֖ה (lama) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Judg.15.10.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.15.10.W4.S1) and character.